Hook and eye.



J. H. BOYE.

HOOK AND EYE.

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JAMES H. Bo s, or c'nicAGo, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOE TO THE Born NEEDLE COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION onILLInoIs.

HOOK AND EYE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914..

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES H. Born, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide a hook and eye which are more easily manipulated and also more secure than known constructions, thus obviating the two most vital objections to this type of fastening device.

A further object, which is also of great importance, is to provide a hook which is free from danger of deformation, as when a dress is passed through a wringer.

The invention is illustrated in the preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, in which Figures 1 and 2 represent fragments of an article of clothing equipped respectively with an eye and hook constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 3, a view of the underside of the improved hook; Fig. t, an end view of the same; Fig. 5, an edge view of the same; Fig.6, a sectional view illustrating the manner in which the eye enters the hook; Fig. 7 a similar view showing the parts in complete engagement; Fig. 8, a sectional view illustrating the action which occurs. to prevent accidental unhooking; and Fig. 9, an edge elevational view of the eye or loop-form keeper employed.

In the illustration given, 1 represents the eye or keeper; and 2 represents the improved hook. The member 1 is preferably stamped from sheet metal, and comprises an elongated member having its intermediate portion struck upwardly, as indicated at 1 in Fig. 9, and having its end-portions provided with perforations 1". The member 1 is shown secured, by stitches 3, to a portion of a garment 4. The intermediate portion 1 is dished, or made concavo-eonvex in cross-section, as appears from Fig. 8.

The hook 2 comprises a shank 5 and an underlying recurved tongue 6. The shank 5 is equipped with perforate attaching arms 5 and is provided with a pair of forwardly struck corrugations 7 and 8. The tongue 6 is bowed or struck toward the shank 5, as indicated at 9, the bowed portion being presented toward the recess between the corrugations 7 and 8. Projecting from the baseportion of the tongue 6 and constituting, in effect, an extension of the shank 5 is an attaching member, or small hook, 10. The hook 2 is secured to another part of the garment 4, as by means of stitches 11 passing through the perforate arms 5, and a loop, or stitches, 12, securing the member 10 to the garment. Thus, the hook is securely attached, so that it may always be readily guided into engagement with the eye 1. The extremity of the tongue 6 is curved away from the shank 5 and underlies the corrugation 8. The corrugation S affords a shoulder adapted to prevent accidental disengagement of the eye from the hook.

Fig. 8 illustrates the manner in which the convex surface of the portion 1 of the keeper engages the inwardly bowed portion 9 of the tongue, while one edge-portion of the keeper engages the corrugation 7, and the other edge-portion of the keeper engages the shoulder afforded by the corrugation 8, thus illustrating how the formation of the parts serves to prevent accidental disengage ment. The dotted lines in Fig. 2 illustrate a corresponding position of the keeper with relation to the shoulder 8.

The hook may be formed from very thin sheet-metal, and the best result is obtained by tempering the hook after it is formed. However, springy sheet-steel may be employed in forming the hook, if it is desired to avoid the tempering. In any case, the space between the tongue and. shank of the hook is sufliciently contracted to make it necessary to spring the tongue away from the shank in the operation of bringing the hook into engagement with the keeper. The member 10 is formed by partially severing a portion of the metal from the shank and 9 giving it the desired shape to enable it to serve as an attaching member.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding, and no unnecessary limitation should he understood therefrom.

What I regard as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-- 1. The combination with an eye, of a sheet-metal hook comprising a shank provided with a pair of transverse corrugations and equipped with attaching means, and a tongue underlying the shank and having a transverse corrugation disposed opposite the recess between said pair of corrugations.

2 The combination of an eye comprising tongue underlying theshank and having a a sheet-metal member equlpped at 1ts ends transverse corrugation dlsposed opposite the Wlth attaching means, said member being recess between sald palr of corrugatlons.

concave-convex in cross section, and a sheet- JAMES H. BOYE. 5 metal hook comprising a shank provided In presence of With a pair of transverse corrugations and D. C. THORSEN,

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Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents. Washington, 10. G. 

